Obelisk
| Artist: | Santiago Calatrava |
| Location: | Technion - Israel Institute ofTechnology |
| Size: | 28 meters high |
| Material: | Stainless steel |
| Date: | 2009 |
Description
Caption "World-renowned architect Dr. Santiago Calatrava has designed a giant obelisk that marks the heart of the Technion campus. The 28-meter high kinetic sculpture is composed of 224 steel ribs on eight levels. The monument moves in a wave-like motion, in which each moving rib induces the sequential motion of the next one level at a time from top to bottom. 'I designed this vertical kinetic sculpture, which integrates beauty with technique and mechanics, such that it can be seen from every place.'”
From: www.technion.ac.il/en/2011/02/signifying-tech...
"Large movable sculpture formed by a central tube of steel covered by a skin of 224 stainless steel bars that can be moved by means of a hydraulic system. 168 bars are 3.5m high and the remaining 56 are 2.43 high. A reinforced concrete pad footing measuring 4.5m square and 1.5m deep supports the galvanised steel mast that will in turn be covered by the moving stainless steel elements."
From: [ http://www.calatrava.com/projects/obelisk-haifa.html]
From: www.technion.ac.il/en/2011/02/signifying-tech...
"Large movable sculpture formed by a central tube of steel covered by a skin of 224 stainless steel bars that can be moved by means of a hydraulic system. 168 bars are 3.5m high and the remaining 56 are 2.43 high. A reinforced concrete pad footing measuring 4.5m square and 1.5m deep supports the galvanised steel mast that will in turn be covered by the moving stainless steel elements."
From: [ http://www.calatrava.com/projects/obelisk-haifa.html]
Other References About the Technion: http://sculptures.technion.ac.il/
About the artist: http://www.calatrava.com
More about the artist: https://www.fastcodesign.com/3039658/santiago-calatrava...
About the artist: http://www.calatrava.com
More about the artist: https://www.fastcodesign.com/3039658/santiago-calatrava...